Car-fender.



Patented Dec. 4, I900.

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" DE VVITT O. IVALLAOE, OF CAIRO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO JOHNT. RENNIE, OF SAME PLACE.

CARLTFENDERQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,201,dated December 4, 19 Application filed April 30, 1900. Serial No.14,945. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DE WITT C. WALLACE, of the city of Cairo, Alexandercounty, State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oar-Fenders, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to car-fenders; and itconsists of the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device when in use. Fig. 2 isa sideelevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4is a view frombelow. showing the arrangement of the levers which I employ in myinvention, all other parts being omitted to avoid complication. Figs. 5and 6 are detail views showing the arrangement of the lock which is madeuse of in carrying out the invention.

In carrying out this invention Iprovide a framework 1, supporting aplurality of strips 2, arranged in the form of a grate in order to makethe'device as light as possible, and se cured to the rear end of theframel, on each side thereof, is one half of a knuckle-jointB, the otherhalf being secured to a rod 4, the rear end of which rests upon a stop5, secured in any suitable manner to the sides of the carbody.

Secured to the frame 1, on each side thereof, is a short strip 6, therear ends of which are pivotally secured to the arms 7, the said armsbeing connected by means of a knuckle-joint 8 to therearwardly-extending side plates 9. The connection formed between thestrips 6 and 7 is for the purpose of allowing the carfender to belowered in order to receive the objects from the car-track, while theconnection 8 between the strips 7 and 9 is for the purpose of allowingthe said fender to be raised of the spool 11 are secured the inner endsof ropes or other suitable connections, the opposite ends of which arecarried outwardly and passed over the small pulleys 13, carried by theunder side of the platform 10, and thence downwardly over other smallpulleys 14 and connected at their outer ends to the rear ends of thearms 4. By this means it can readily be seen that asthe spool 11 isrotated in order to draw the ropes 12 about the same the rear ends ofthe'arms 4 will be drawn downwardly, which will necessarily elevate theforward end of the car-fender. Secured to one side of the spool 11between the ends of the ropes 12 is another connection 15, the

"opposite end of which is carried forwardly and secured to another spool16, the same being carried upon the lower end of a shaft 17, the saidshaft being rotatably journaled in bearings in the bottom of thecar-body, and upon the upper end of said shaft is keyed a hand-wheel 18.By this means the spool 11 can be rotated by operating the hand-wheel18, and the forward end of the car-fender can be elevated because of theconnections formed by the ropes 12 and the arms 4.

The forward end of the fender is normally retained at a suitableelevation above the ground or track, and the means by which this isaccomplished comprises the lock-spring 19,

which engages the metallic strip 20, secured to one side of the spool11. By this means when the said spool is rotated and the ends of thearms 4 are drawn downwardly the forward end of the fender will be drawnupwardly, as hereinbefore explained, and will be retained in the desiredadjustment.

Secured to the under side of the fender, near the rear end thereof, is atransverse strip 21, and supported by the said strip and the forward endof the fender-frame,near each side thereof, is an arm 22, pivotallysecured to each of which is a lever 23, said levers also being securedto a rod 24, slidably carried above the strip 21 and the forward end ofthe fender-frame. Connected to the free end of each of the levers .23 isa forwardly-projecting arm 25, and carried by the said arm is atransverse bar 26. The rearend of the arm 24 is pivotally connected to abar 27, the said tomatically when any object strikes against the bar 26and presses. it rearwardlyg the'said bar contacting with the forward endof the "bar 24:, thereby operating the pawl 30 and the lock-spring 19. v

To accelerate the downward movement of the car-fender when any object isstruck by the bar 26, I provide retractile coil-springs 31,

the forward ends of which are secured to the strips 6 and the rear endsof the strips 29. A coil-spring 32, secured to the strip 21 and to p thebar 27, normally holds the said bar out "striking against the draw-bar.

of contact with the pawl 30, thereby permitting the car-fender to remainin its normal elevated position.

Supported above the rear end of the carfender is a receiver 33, which isadapted to receive the force of anyobject which is caught upon thefender and prevent the same from The lockspring 19 may also be operatedfrom above the car-body by pressing downwardly upon the pin 34:, thelower end of which rests, upon the said spring and the upper endprojecting through an aperture in the bottom of the carbody.

I claim- 1. A car-fender, comprising a frame, a fender secured to saidframe, a spool, means for rotating said spool, means whereby the fendermay be elevated and lowered when the said spool is rotated and meanswhereby the fender is allowed to assume an inclined position when theforward end thereof contacts withany object, substantially as specified.

2. A car-fender, comprising a frame, a fender secured to the said frame,a spool, means for"drawing the fender in a horizontal posi- 4 tionWhenever the said spool is rotated, means whereby the fender-sis allowedto assume an inclinedposition when any object is struck thereby,means-above the car-body for rotating the said spool and thereby drawingthe fender again into a horizontal position and means whereby the fendermay be drawn into a vertical position, substantially as specified.

3. In a car-fender, a frame, a spool carried adjacent to said frame,flexible connections between said frame and said spool, means forwindingthe said connections around said spool thereby elevating theforward end of the fender, and means for unwinding said connections,substantially as specified.

